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obama said assad should go. it has been over a year and the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more fighters are spilling into this country. the longer this is going on, the more people groups like calcutta -- al qaeda in. we could have easily identified the freedom fighters working with the turks, the saudis, had we had a better plan in place to begin with. we waited for them to come up with an agreement to the un. we gave russia veto power and 30,000 assyrians -- syrians are dead. >> what will you do differently? you never answer the question. you don't go through the un. that we have been in the process and have been for months to make sure that humanitarian aid as well as other aid is getting to the forces that we believe, the turks believe, the jordanians believe, the free forces inside of syria. that is under way. our allies are all on the same page. nato as well as the arab allies in terms of trying to get a settlement. that was their idea. we are the ones that said enough. the fa
obama said assad should go. it has been over a year and the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more fighters are spilling into this country. the longer this is going on, the more people groups like calcutta -- al qaeda in. we could have easily identified the freedom fighters working with the turks, the saudis, had we had a better plan in place to begin with. we waited for them to come up with an agreement to the un. we gave russia veto power and 30,000 assyrians --...
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. >> and then ensure that they receive the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters. >> reporter: in the middle east, romney says the president has alienated israel. >> we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> reporter: but democrats are hitting back. >> amateurish, that is what news media and others called mitt rney's gaffe-filled tour. >> i say we focus on the people would actually attack us on 9- 11 and now osama bin laden is no more. >> reporter: gallup has the race tied at 47%. rasmussen has the race tied at 48%. >> when we pushed the uncommitted voters, the results get even closer. >> reporter: results that the 2008 republican nominee says puts this race up for grabs. >> there is a lot to happen in the next 30 days, tom. >> reporter: in a fox 5 interview, senator john mccain says the obama administration's handling of the libyan cannes last attack is part of a pattern of confusion in u.s. foreign policy. >> how would we know that mitt romney would perform better in a similar situation? >> a lot of times, it i
. >> and then ensure that they receive the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters. >> reporter: in the middle east, romney says the president has alienated israel. >> we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> reporter: but democrats are hitting back. >> amateurish, that is what news media and others called mitt rney's gaffe-filled tour. >> i say we focus on the people would actually...
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checking other top stories, assad one out of baltimore. four children and their grandmother are dead, killed in an early morning house fire in baltimore. it happened around 2:00 this morning on denwood avenue. at least one other person in the home escaped by jumping out of a second floor window. two firefighters were also injured. one of them when the noor collapsed. we're told that he should be okay. there is though word yet on what caused that fire. >>> also in this morning's top stories, d.c. police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in broad daylight. he was shot to death yesterday afternoon in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast near florida avenue and gallaudet university. police have not said whether he was a student at the university. university. >>> a serial groper in northern virginia is believed to have struck again. here is a sketch of the suspect. the latest incident involves a 25-year-old woman who says she was groped from behind while walking near the commerce street bus stop in the springfield area.
checking other top stories, assad one out of baltimore. four children and their grandmother are dead, killed in an early morning house fire in baltimore. it happened around 2:00 this morning on denwood avenue. at least one other person in the home escaped by jumping out of a second floor window. two firefighters were also injured. one of them when the noor collapsed. we're told that he should be okay. there is though word yet on what caused that fire. >>> also in this morning's top...
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. >> and then ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters. >> israel and america stand together. >> reporter: in the middle east romney says the president has alienated the u.s.' strongest ally, israel. >> we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> reporter: but democrats are hitting back. >> amateurish, that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's gaffe filled july tour of israel and poland. >> i said we'd focus on the people who actually attacked us on 9/11 and today osama bin laden is no more. >> reporter: polls released monday show mitt romney has closed the gap. politico has the president's lead down to 1%, gallop has the race tied at 47% and rasmussen has the race tied at 48%. >> when we push those uncommitted voters and ask which way they lean the results get closer, 48-48. >> reporter: results that the republican nominee says puts this race up for grabs. >> there's a lot to happen in the next 30 days. >> reporter: in a fox 5 interview senator
. >> and then ensure that they obtain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks and helicopters. >> israel and america stand together. >> reporter: in the middle east romney says the president has alienated the u.s.' strongest ally, israel. >> we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> reporter: but democrats are hitting back. >> amateurish, that's what news media and fellow...
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state department places the blame for the spreading violence directly on assad's government. >>> seven prominent scientists in italy have been sentenced to six years in prison. they are convicted of manslaughter for failing to properly alert resident before a deadly 2009 earthquake. the 6.9 quake killed more than 300 people. it is unlikely any of them will face immediate jail time. >>> the investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak could soon affect supplies. it may worsen drug shortages for a number of hospitals. the company will remain closed until november 5th while investigators inspeck the facility. so far, no drugs from the company have been linked to meningitis. >>> the blooms are still months away but later on today, talk of cherry blossoms are going to fill the air. what is happening to get next year's festival off to a great start. >> first, we will check back in with tucker for your full forecast. a nice taste of spring, dare i say even early summer heading our way. fox 5 morning news back in a moment. maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in th
state department places the blame for the spreading violence directly on assad's government. >>> seven prominent scientists in italy have been sentenced to six years in prison. they are convicted of manslaughter for failing to properly alert resident before a deadly 2009 earthquake. the 6.9 quake killed more than 300 people. it is unlikely any of them will face immediate jail time. >>> the investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak could soon affect supplies. it may...
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theysed prode strategic advice to assad regime. nowadays, they are even leading operations. >> narrator: opposing iran is saudi arabia, which is backing the sunni rebels. >> the rivalry between saudi arabia and tehran had started long before the syrian uprising. and now with the syrian uprising, the saudi government saw this as an opportunity to deal a mortal blow to iran. and they have carved that niche in this conflict by sending weapons and money to the rebels. (chanting) (explosion) but as long as they have the iranian support, i think this regime can continue to fight for some time. >> the potential for it to turn into a very dark and tough sectarian fight, the way it did in lebanon and iraq, is very high. and the regime has made it very clear that, "we're not going anywhere. and we're going to fight to the end. and if you want to take us on, you have to be prepared to sacrifice everything, and you may not win." it's hard to see where this ends. (gunfire) >> frontline continues online with more frguardian reporter ghaith abdul
theysed prode strategic advice to assad regime. nowadays, they are even leading operations. >> narrator: opposing iran is saudi arabia, which is backing the sunni rebels. >> the rivalry between saudi arabia and tehran had started long before the syrian uprising. and now with the syrian uprising, the saudi government saw this as an opportunity to deal a mortal blow to iran. and they have carved that niche in this conflict by sending weapons and money to the rebels. (chanting)...
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why do you support president bashar al-assad? >> he is a very, very good president and the world. >> but some people say you should step down. you should leave pow is absurdi. he will protect us. all people like bashar al-assad. >> but so many people of died in syria -- >> because of -- >> that is what you often hear. they defend the president'. they brandish photographs of him and his powerful brother who commands the elite republican guard. a the governor's office, too, photograph of assad and his late father on every wall. the intelligence service keeps a close eye on everything here. the governor is the president's man here. i asked him about the tight security. >> security is not sites here. the situation here is normal and safe. just like any country, the security services will intervene to protect the regime and the rule of law here. >> now the fighting has reached damascus and aleppo. do you worry fighting could come here? >> we're in the process of putting down these destructive gangs in damascus and aleppo. i am not wor
why do you support president bashar al-assad? >> he is a very, very good president and the world. >> but some people say you should step down. you should leave pow is absurdi. he will protect us. all people like bashar al-assad. >> but so many people of died in syria -- >> because of -- >> that is what you often hear. they defend the president'. they brandish photographs of him and his powerful brother who commands the elite republican guard. a the governor's...
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regime and the iranian regime has always insisted that assad stays no i think this is something that has to be agreed between the syrian parties but one thing's for sure flynt assad cannot stay after the massive abuses of human rights in his own country after you know there's a recent human rights report that says twenty eight hour years in syria have disappeared what can what chance is there for us are to stay we all want to negotiate a settlement after this and i think this is for the syrian people to decide ok general we told really running. from you i think in beirut here which type of thing or let's say assad did leave what difference would it make there are still people there that are stuck in the middle of a sectarian war. first of four we will be do you doing our self and fooling i was out of. order if we say a war on syria is a war on human rights and on democracy which countries in the middle east which are always things i wars on syria or support things i was on syria as a gun of oil companies the royalists companies that had to do thirty system is also countries as a ploy
regime and the iranian regime has always insisted that assad stays no i think this is something that has to be agreed between the syrian parties but one thing's for sure flynt assad cannot stay after the massive abuses of human rights in his own country after you know there's a recent human rights report that says twenty eight hour years in syria have disappeared what can what chance is there for us are to stay we all want to negotiate a settlement after this and i think this is for the syrian...
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assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the biggest losers so far are the syrian people because outside forces are arming rebels. i think that the biggest losers are the arabs in general the arabs have been suffering from repeated wars in the region from the from from the one nine hundred eighty s. the lebanese civil war the iraq the iraq war the iraqi wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. then and now we have this so the arabs are continuously being undermined by these regional conflicts undermining their prospects for democracy for a forum for economic prosperity and until these regional
assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the...
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people had high hopes just like bashar al-assad. where did that person go and that is one of the saddest things about them because they really did -- they really did develop a level of popularity in the country that wasn't insignificant. syria's difficult to engage popularity because sometimes people will, out in support of bashar al-assad in the government because they don't want to be seen as nonsupportive of non-supportive of the government because security is all around so it's difficult to see how genuine the popularity is but having been in the country quite a bit and gone around all over the country and talk to all sorts of classes of people, i really did think there was genuine popularity and for me he didn't leverage that popularity to implement true change that was really needed particularly at the beginning of the uprising. >> what did he talk to you about? >> you talked about -- he talked about his upbringing and we talked about many different aspects of his life, his upbringing which was fairly normal considering he was
people had high hopes just like bashar al-assad. where did that person go and that is one of the saddest things about them because they really did -- they really did develop a level of popularity in the country that wasn't insignificant. syria's difficult to engage popularity because sometimes people will, out in support of bashar al-assad in the government because they don't want to be seen as nonsupportive of non-supportive of the government because security is all around so it's difficult to...
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it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience and the people inside syria. we are planning to have -- online forum to start the debate among syrian people to keep getting the feedback we have facebook, we is already engage in the debate. [inaudible] we have people working for us. it's working inside the country to make sure that the -- [inaudible] we have the ground for implementation of the implementation inside the country. all your feedback, you can communicate with us by e-mailing us at [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you very much. i wonder as -- as we began our session this morning by
it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience...
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leaders in the region hinting at allowing syria's vice president to become an interim leader should assad heed calls to step down. >>> some last lap hazard on the traffic. tony stewart was leading with a lap to go when he misjudged the distance between his car and michael waltrip's. it triggered a chain reaction crash. flipped stewart's car and knocked 20 others out of the race. matt kenseth picked up the win. unbelievably, once again, no one was hurt. i need to drive the kind of cars at a regular speed these guys drive. >> it's because of all the protective restraints they put in. it's amazing. >> it is amazing. >>> gwen? >> how is everybody this morning? >> a little cold. in the middle of the night i did turn the heat on. >> we turned ours on. >> it was too much. >> i called wisdom a wimp this morning -- >> i didn't know where you were going with that. >> he was complaining it was so cold. he said, i'm from the south. this cold weather needs to go away. i said you're a wimp. as your northern friend speaks about the cold conditions, it is chilly today. we've got some clouds rolling in ac
leaders in the region hinting at allowing syria's vice president to become an interim leader should assad heed calls to step down. >>> some last lap hazard on the traffic. tony stewart was leading with a lap to go when he misjudged the distance between his car and michael waltrip's. it triggered a chain reaction crash. flipped stewart's car and knocked 20 others out of the race. matt kenseth picked up the win. unbelievably, once again, no one was hurt. i need to drive the kind of cars...
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it's not spilling over, assad is exploiting the violence. we need to hear what strategy they have for dealing with it over the next four years. >> it will be must-see television when these two men talk about it. clifford may is the president for a foundation of defense of democracy. thanks for spending time with us this morning. tony over to you. >> thank you both. it's 7:40s now. >>> still to come, dc is rolling out the red carpet. why some of the funniest people in show biz will be in town tonight. >>> and coming up in the 9:00 hour, hot topic on maryland's november ballot. question seven, voters appear to be split on whether or not to spread it. we're going to hear arguments from two delegates who are on opposite sides of this issue. that's coming up at 9:15. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] seen this from mitt romney? then take a look at this. [ anderson cooper ] if roe v. wade was overturned, congress passed a federal ban on all abortions, and it came to your desk -- would you sign it? "yes" o
it's not spilling over, assad is exploiting the violence. we need to hear what strategy they have for dealing with it over the next four years. >> it will be must-see television when these two men talk about it. clifford may is the president for a foundation of defense of democracy. thanks for spending time with us this morning. tony over to you. >> thank you both. it's 7:40s now. >>> still to come, dc is rolling out the red carpet. why some of the funniest people in show...
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propping up assad. that is ludicrous, john. >> before you jump too deeply into that pond. >> what is going to succeed him john? you have the muslim brotherhood there, al qaeda is on our side, jihaddists pouring in from all over the place. again if he doesn't go soon this thing is spreading into jordan and turkey. >>> you remember the five boys produced by the seniors in that family, five boys and he was one of them. he was studying dentistry in london. >> he has a brother maybe mort knows more about it, a ruthless character. >> married, lovely wife right? >> yeah but people have given up on him as a quote reformer a long time ago. >> he is not a reformer. >> if there is any goodness left in the man, he has been directed by everybody else. >> if he goes down his people go down. john they go to the wall. they are 12%, sheer shiite, the sunni war? >> a sectarian civil war. >> if it is a civil war we are going to stay out. >> no we didn't stay out of libya. >> i think we are being pulled in. >> you think th
propping up assad. that is ludicrous, john. >> before you jump too deeply into that pond. >> what is going to succeed him john? you have the muslim brotherhood there, al qaeda is on our side, jihaddists pouring in from all over the place. again if he doesn't go soon this thing is spreading into jordan and turkey. >>> you remember the five boys produced by the seniors in that family, five boys and he was one of them. he was studying dentistry in london. >> he has a...
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was that directly from assad? it is a coincident that when he was threatened he ordered an immediate attack on hamas. they killed about 20,000 people in one attack as you know, but most of 1882. he then had our problems. the shower has been different. he's engaged in the slower machiavellian but they killed about 20,000 people in 18 months. but is still 20,000 people dead or mubarak didn't kill 20,000 people. so how did bashar make that final step to the dark side, which is i will kill and i will kill until he no longer challenge because he must know is everyone in the alouette community must know, there's no going back. if they lose power, they will be slaughtered. so how did he make that final step to the dark side? >> welcome you hit on one of the main points, which is they see this as an existential contrast. this is something that there is no turning back on each side right now. for me, the answer to that is twofold. one, i think he really still believes from day one that he is saving the country, that he is
was that directly from assad? it is a coincident that when he was threatened he ordered an immediate attack on hamas. they killed about 20,000 people in one attack as you know, but most of 1882. he then had our problems. the shower has been different. he's engaged in the slower machiavellian but they killed about 20,000 people in 18 months. but is still 20,000 people dead or mubarak didn't kill 20,000 people. so how did bashar make that final step to the dark side, which is i will kill and i...
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of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i would also add that israel is not preoccupied with syria at all it's mostly preoccupied with the iranian nuclear program you barely hear any any comments from the israeli government on the current events in syria ok or maybe they're just preoccupied with the round my did what do you think about that i mean even if assad goes what changes in syria and no one ever talks about that scenario go ahead i think the one of the important is the regional aspect if we have a proxy war in syria this is the war scenario i think iran is a master full of making proxies in countries it made the proxy in lebanon
of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the wes
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...
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that is how long does the syrian military support assad? this isn't in my view a question of assad. it's whether the military says we'll stick with you as you massacre syrian civilians. the surprise for the past 17 or 18 months is that the syrian populous is willing to stay out there. my guess is over time if the syrian population is able to stay out there through tens of thousands of casualties at some point the military is going to say enough >> suarez: do you see that? this could go on for quite some time. particularly because there's the sectarian dimension we didn't have, for example, in libya. you've got the group who sees their lives and their stake tied to the regime. it's not just one ruling family and not just one dictator. this could go on for quite some time. >> suarez: thank you both. >> woodruff: next, the highest and fastest jump in history-- not just the records, but the science and the man who did it. for that story, we turn again to hari sreenivasan. here we go sreenivasan: felix baumgartner was in the stratosphere more than 24 miles above earth when he emerged fro
that is how long does the syrian military support assad? this isn't in my view a question of assad. it's whether the military says we'll stick with you as you massacre syrian civilians. the surprise for the past 17 or 18 months is that the syrian populous is willing to stay out there. my guess is over time if the syrian population is able to stay out there through tens of thousands of casualties at some point the military is going to say enough >> suarez: do you see that? this could go on...
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of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of challenges that are inevitably going to follow. the transition to a post-assad air of in syria. what is critical to stress as jim mentioned is that this is very much the product of deliberation and discussion and debate, sometimes quite heated debate, among a group of about 45 to 50 significant figures within the syrian opposition who came together every month for a period of six months to work through the idea -- the ideas that were presented in this document. what i would like to stress however in getting us started this morning is that w
of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of...
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what happens the day after assad falls. you want to appeal deals to countries that offer a solution to this, a way out of this quagmire so you can increase the pressure isolate assad not militaryily but politically. >> eliot: but is that happening? if you were to compare the situation today versus two months ago. two months ago there was a palpable fence there were defections that he was losing control of the country. maybe i'm wrong, but judging from the public information i see, it's not clear to me that assad is in a losing posture right now as opposed to where he might have been even two months ago. >> i would say you see the ebbs and flows. i would say that we're at a stalemate. assad is not in control. he's not winning. he's losing, some point people will want to cut their losses. russia will want to cut its loss. iran will want to cut its loss. there is no scenario that you see assad will prevail. in months when assad falls this, country will fall apart. it's not like you can skin the potato and put another political
what happens the day after assad falls. you want to appeal deals to countries that offer a solution to this, a way out of this quagmire so you can increase the pressure isolate assad not militaryily but politically. >> eliot: but is that happening? if you were to compare the situation today versus two months ago. two months ago there was a palpable fence there were defections that he was losing control of the country. maybe i'm wrong, but judging from the public information i see, it's...
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assad is fulfilling his father's dream? that was the whole thing, that he went in and he ruthlessly got rid of people. now we have the same thing going on, which seems pretty silly. so almost a psychological thing. >> you know, that's a good question. i remember responding to some question recently in some interview, a similar type question, and it got me to think, and i wonder. the question i would like to ask bashar if i saw him today, mr. president, so do you think you understand why your father did what he did in 1982? to think of by a nest in that question -- in some ways i did earlier on command the kind of aborted it the type to mark another path. now i understand. unloading accomplices, the this is necessary. yes, this is a necessary evil, and necessary thing to keep the country together over the long term, and that thing that is probably how he sees it. and it is a shame. i mean, obviously. >> do you take that he would ever unleash chemical warfare? and do you think one reason he does not do it is because that woul
assad is fulfilling his father's dream? that was the whole thing, that he went in and he ruthlessly got rid of people. now we have the same thing going on, which seems pretty silly. so almost a psychological thing. >> you know, that's a good question. i remember responding to some question recently in some interview, a similar type question, and it got me to think, and i wonder. the question i would like to ask bashar if i saw him today, mr. president, so do you think you understand why...
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some of them are refugees from the assad machine. on the other hand, there are islamists and elements of al qaeda who fought in iraq. and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya, where one, a former senior al qaeda figure became a security chief for tripoli and two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, just call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel in benghazi. there are a lot of bad actors in syria. we saw those going across this area iraq border and killing our people there. among the hardliners of the brigade, the brotherhood among the foreigners of jihad, all while, so there's no scarcity that you say people are not agreed with the rationale says, the cautionary note about every so-called arab spring committee eric chaos episode in every country brings to the surface the sloppiness in egypt, chi hotties in syria, libya and now some bad apples in syria. so everybody has to be really car
some of them are refugees from the assad machine. on the other hand, there are islamists and elements of al qaeda who fought in iraq. and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya, where one, a former senior al qaeda figure became a security chief for tripoli and two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, just call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel...
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>> i think russians have standing behide the assad regime. their last clients, they're in the middle east. it's their only naval base in the mediterranean. russians always wanted to have access to the seas, russia is a landlocked country so losing syria and that space is a big loss but there's other elements. russia does not like the fact that syria's fall is going to create yet another sunni dominated state. russia feels it has a soft belly of sunni muslims. >> warner: in its own country? >> in its own country and it doesn't want to see sunni political excitement built to its which could resonate to russia. the russias are looking at turkey's piftd and turkey has come back closer to the united states and they're not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, th
>> i think russians have standing behide the assad regime. their last clients, they're in the middle east. it's their only naval base in the mediterranean. russians always wanted to have access to the seas, russia is a landlocked country so losing syria and that space is a big loss but there's other elements. russia does not like the fact that syria's fall is going to create yet another sunni dominated state. russia feels it has a soft belly of sunni muslims. >> warner: in its own...
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contact me every day we have a revolution next door for sure we are with them will help them topple assad will be doing. the weapons may be easy to come by the harder part is understanding exactly where they go a classified report uncovered in the new york times reveals that many of the arms sent to syrian rebels are ending up in the hands of hardline islamic jihad one of the leaders of the f.s.a. said you know we admit that we infiltrated the jihadi jihad is a coming coolies who reports from all over the muslim world but we don't know exactly who they are back in syria both in the training camps and in the battlefield rebels talk of high hopes for a bright future. i hope that there will be free elections that the syrian people will be able to choose their they want and that we will win back our rights freedom of expression and political freedom exactly what that freedom looks like may depend on who is getting the guns. lisi caffein of lebanon. and more advanced weapons are being smuggled to syrian rebels causing concern that some could end up in the hands of islamist extremists and assad
contact me every day we have a revolution next door for sure we are with them will help them topple assad will be doing. the weapons may be easy to come by the harder part is understanding exactly where they go a classified report uncovered in the new york times reveals that many of the arms sent to syrian rebels are ending up in the hands of hardline islamic jihad one of the leaders of the f.s.a. said you know we admit that we infiltrated the jihadi jihad is a coming coolies who reports from...
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regional war when assad falls. >> congressman ryan? >> nobody is proposing to send troops to syria, american troops. now, let me say it this way. how would we do things differently? we wouldn't refer to bashar assad as a reformer when he's killing his own civilians with his russian-provided weapons.
regional war when assad falls. >> congressman ryan? >> nobody is proposing to send troops to syria, american troops. now, let me say it this way. how would we do things differently? we wouldn't refer to bashar assad as a reformer when he's killing his own civilians with his russian-provided weapons.
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but arming the rebels led to the massacre by the assad regime. i was sure that assad would use it as an excuse to call them armed terrorists. putting weapons in the hands of the people was a license for assad to kill them. he claims the rebels on the syrian pacifists' but islamic terrorists, armed from outside. >> 18 months ago, when the rebellion was in its infancy, fadwa called for civil disobedience on the streets of homs. she became a heroine of the opposition and therefore a prominent target of the regime. she was forced into hiding until she could flee. >> the syrian people have paid a very high price for their struggle for freedom. they are paying with their blood, their honor, and with their lives and the lives of their cldren. i drea of a future government that respects this sacrifice. i want a future government to realize the desire of the people for freedom, justice, and democracy and create a state that is not influenced by any religion or led by the military. >> the freedom and security fadwa in joyce in paris leaves her feeling even
but arming the rebels led to the massacre by the assad regime. i was sure that assad would use it as an excuse to call them armed terrorists. putting weapons in the hands of the people was a license for assad to kill them. he claims the rebels on the syrian pacifists' but islamic terrorists, armed from outside. >> 18 months ago, when the rebellion was in its infancy, fadwa called for civil disobedience on the streets of homs. she became a heroine of the opposition and therefore a...
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we get assad out. that's the kind of leadership we'll continue to show. >> there came a point when you said it was time for president mubarak to go. some in your administration thought we should have waited a while about that. do you have any regrets about that? >> no, i don't. because i think america has to stand with democracy. the notion that we would have tanks run over those young people who were in the square, that's not the kind of american leadership that john f. kennedy talked about 50 years ago. but what i've also said is that now that you have a democratically elected government in egypt that they have to make sure that they take responsibility for protecting religious minorities and we have put significant pressure on them to make sure they're doing that, to recognize the rights of women which is critical throughout the region. these countries can't develop if young women are not given the kind of education that they need. they have to abide by their treaty by israel. not only is israel's s
we get assad out. that's the kind of leadership we'll continue to show. >> there came a point when you said it was time for president mubarak to go. some in your administration thought we should have waited a while about that. do you have any regrets about that? >> no, i don't. because i think america has to stand with democracy. the notion that we would have tanks run over those young people who were in the square, that's not the kind of american leadership that john f. kennedy...
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some of them are refugees from the assad regime. on the other hand, there are islamists, and there are elements of al-qaeda who fought in iraq, and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya where one former senior al-qaeda figure was a security chief for tripoli, and, two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, he did call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy personnel in benghazi, there are a lot of bad actors in syria. we saw this bad actors going across the syria-iraq border killing our people there. among the hard liners of the brigade and the brotherhood. among of the foreigners, and so there's no scarcity of bad actors there, and while i'm not agreeing with the russian analysis, the cautionary note about ever so-called arab spring, the arab chaos episode in every country brings to the surface egypt, the jihadis in syria and libya, and bad apples in syria. everybody has to be careful and not to ru
some of them are refugees from the assad regime. on the other hand, there are islamists, and there are elements of al-qaeda who fought in iraq, and to get this right is very difficult. we saw how difficult that is in libya where one former senior al-qaeda figure was a security chief for tripoli, and, two, the tragic attack, and we heard from the president himself, he did call it a terrorist attack the next day. the tragic attack that took lives of ambassador stevens and three other embassy...